Bracket for holding and locking in place aneroid barometers or other like articles.



1%. 778.488. PATENTED DEC. 27, 1904- I R. B. HEIMBECKBR. BRACKET FORHOLDING AND LOCKING IN PLAGE ANEBOID BAROMBTBRS OR OTHER LIKE ARTICLES.

APPLIOATIOH FILED SEPT. 22, 190%.

UNTTED STATES Patented December 27, 1904:.

PATENT OEETCE.

ROLAND B. HEIMBEOKER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO TAYLORBROTHERS COMPANY.

BRACKET FOR HOLDING AND LOCKING IN PLACE ANEROID BAROMETERS OR OTHERLIKE ARTICLES.

SEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,488, datedDecember 27', 1904.

Application filed September 22, 1904.. Serial No. 225,470

To (all whom, it Duty concern:

Be it known that I, ROLAND B. HEIMBECKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrackets for Holding and Looking in Place Aneroid Barometers or otherLike Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brackets for holding and locking in placeaneroid barometers and other like articles, and has for its object toprovide a bracket that can be attached conveniently to a wall or othersurface, that can be locked to the article that it is adapted tocontain, that cannot be removed from place without first removing thearticle from it, and that when locked cannot be pried apart, so as torelease the article.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the bracket, and Fig. 2 is aside view showing in dotted lines a barometer locked within it.

The bracket represented in the drawings is particularly adapted foraneroid barometers and instruments of similar shape and proportions.

1 is a plate, preferably of metal, that is approximately the size of thebase of the instrument that is to be locked within the instrument. Holes2 are made in the plate for screws, or other suitable means are provided'by which the plate is attached to a wall or other surface. Thesescrew-holes or means for attachment are so placed that the instrumentwhen it is in place within the bracket will cover them. Adjacent ears 3and 4: project horizontally from the plate 1 and maybe integral withsaid plate, as shown. A similar ear 5 projects horizontally from theplate 1 and is opposite to said first-mentioned ears. Posts 6 and '7project at right angles out from said ears 3 and 4., respectively, and apost 8 projects at right angles out from the ear 5. Two curved arms 9and 10, that conform to the contour of the instrument that is to besupported by the bracket, are attached, respectively, at one of theirends to the posts 6 and '7. One of these arms is pivotally attached toits post, so that it can be opened to receive the instrument. The otherends 11 and 12 of the arms 9 and 10, respectively, are extended at rightangles to their respective curved portions, so that when said arms areclosed around the instruments in the positions shown in Fig. 2 and infull lines in Fig. 1 the ends will come together, as shown in thedrawings.

The ends 11 and 12 of the arms are bored, as represented by dotted lines13 in Fig. l, to receive a padlock 14, whereby the arms may be lockedtogether around the instrument. In Fig. 2 the arms are represented asclosed around a barometer which is shown in dotted lines, the arms lyingwithin a groove 15 in the casing of the instrument.

One of the arms, as 9, is represented as attached to the post 8, thebored end projecting beyond said post. The other arm, 10, is adapted tolie within a recess 16 in the post 8 when said arm is swung inwardlyupon the instrument, as shown in the drawings. In this last-mentionedposition its end 12 also projects beyond said post.

Then the bracket has been fastened in place upon a wall or other supportby screws through the holes 2, the arm 10 is swung out till theinstrument can be placed within the bracket, when said arm is closedaround the instrument and locked by the padlock 14. hen the instrumentis in place, the screws are covered and protected by it. Thus bothbracket and instrument are locked, so that they cannot be removed by anyone but the person who has the key to the padlock. The movable armcannot be pried up or twisted, because it lies within the recess in thepost 8, and the other arm is held rigidly by the posts to which it isconnected.

VVhatI claim is- 1. A bracket comprising aback plate, provided withmeans for attaching it to a supporting-surface; arms that conform to thecontour of the article to be held by the bracket, and adapted to liewithin a groove therein; means for rigidly attaching one of said arms atboth of its ends to said plate; means for pivotally attaching the otherarm at one end to said plate; and means for locking said pivotal arm inupon the article to be held; substantially as shown and described.

2. A bracket comprising a back plate of approximately the size of thearticle to be held, and provided with means for attaching it to asupporting-surface, located behind said article when in place upon saidplate; arms that conform to the contour of the article to be held by thebracket, and adapted to lie within a groove therein; means for rigidlyattaching one of said arms at both ends to said plate; means forpivotally attaching the other arm at one end to said plate; and meansfor looking said pivotal arm in upon the article to be held;substantially as shown and described.

3. A bracket comprising a back plate, provided with means for attachingit to a supporting-surface; and having on one side the posts 6 and 7,and on the opposite side the post 8 having the recess 16 in one side,adapted to receive the arm 10; the arms 9 andv 10 con forming to thecontour of the article to be held; means for attaching said arm 9 tosaid posts 6 and 8; means for pivotally attaching the arm 10 to saidpost 7; and means for locking said arm 10 in its retracted position;substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROLAND B. HEIMBECKER.

Vitnesses:

D. GURNEE, L. THoN.

